El Bronx Remembered

by Nicholasa Mohr

Book Overview

In a city called New York ...
In a neighborhood called El Bronx ...

The Fernandex children own a very special pet: A white hen named after their favorite Hollywood movie star.A new girl comes to school - a gypsy child who can read palms and foretell the future.A young boy must face the humiliation of wearing his uncle's orange roach-killer shoes to his high school graduation.

In the South Bronx - or El Bronx, as it's known to the people...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0064471004
• ISBN13: 9780064471008
• Release Date: June 1993
• Publisher: Harperteen
• Length: 272 Pages
• Weight: 2.55 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 4.2" x 6.7"
• Age Range: 13 years and up
• Grade Range: Grade 8 and higher

Customer Reviews

Reviewer: Katherine Garcia

El Bronx is an exellent collection of short stories you will always remember. It all happened in a city called New York and in hood called The Bronx. This book is full of 12 short stories. The first short story is about the Fernandezes. The Fernandezes are a family that have a special pet, a little hen named after their favorite movie star, Joncrofo. Mrs fernandez wants to kill the hen because the hen doesn't lay eggs. The second short story is about three kids who walk to school passing a funeral house.They always see a new person in the window display who had passed away. the days passed and something bad happened to a person that they loved so much. Another story is about a 15 year old girl who is pregnant. She had problems with her parents, she doesn't work and she can't go to school because she is pregnant. One day she meets a guy named Herman and she falls in love with him. The rest of the stories are interesting too, because they have somethings that can happen in the real world. Some of the parts of the stories I don't like because it doesn't explain much of the sequence or events of the story. I recomend this book because it may help you to know something that you shouldn't do.I enjoyed it so much that I couln't stop reading it. I got interested in this book because some of the parts of the stories were funny. I loved this book and i hope you read it.

this book is beautiful!

Marvelously written, characters with flesh-and-blood aliveness, fantastic insights into people and culture and situations, very simply and clearly yet subtly written (with great sharp transitions - she doesn't waste your time!), and so emotionally connected - this book brought tears to my eyes several times...which is why I'm recommending it so highly. Most books can't pull that off.And although at times it is an uplifting book, mostly it's really a sad book, a book about pain and heartache and people who can't fit it, who fall between the cracks, who are rejected by American society at large, and at times their own cultures and families. It so beautifully depicts people living compromised lives, yet living nonetheless and making the best of it. It offers a great entrance into a time and place that I don't often get much contact with. Thank you, Nicholasa (and I loved your book Nilda also)!

not just for young adults.........

Even though this book is in the young adult section, I, a mature 23 year old read it and loved it. The short stories are well written and entertaining, and each story is different from the last. The book can be finished within a few hours, so its a great book for long car rides, days at the beach, or for those times when there's nothing good on T.V.

El Bronx

I really enjoyed this book. I read this book last year when I was in the 7th grade. And I am a boriqua too so I can relate a little to what the author is say. This book tells the truth about life in the Bronx and being a puerto rican